Hindsight is 20/20; it doesn’t matter what you’re reflecting on. Compared to forecasting, the clarity of retrospect brings everything into crystal focus. Now that we are at the end of the ride for this project, the project schedule is a matter of pulling the dates of actual events and placing them into a timeline. The Gantt chart above is a documentation of those dates and events. This chart is a broad band look at the project with only the major activities noted. However, each of the major activities is made up of a myriad of sub-activities that took place which do a better job of telling a more detailed story of the events that took place on weekly or even a daily basis that shaped the project.

Here’s the story of the beginning of the project thru concept development which represents the pre-design scope of services for the project.

2011

March 1; the Chickasaw Nation (CN) notifies FSB that they have been awarded the Chickasaw Visitor Center project.

March 23; contract discussions begin with the CN sending a draft agreement to FSB.

April 7; following discussions and negotiations on agreement language and fee, FSB sends a signed agreement to the CN.

May 18; FSB begins research on the project; similar facilities nationally, CN facilities locally and the adjacent national park property and structures.

August 3; final draft of the Visioning/Programing/Concept documents are presented to the CN.

August 4; FSB begins to prepare the presentation for the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

August 15; FSB makes presentation of the Vision, Program and Concept for the Chickasaw Visitor Center to the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Preliminary selections of building and finish materials are shared. FSB receives a thumbs up approval from the Governor of the design concepts.

It’s time to move forward into basic services for the project beginning with Schematic Design.